TRAFFIC POLLUTION & DEMENTIA IN ELDERLY WOMEN
-> According to a Jan. 4th EarthTimes article, "Women who have lived near busy roads and who have been exposed to exhaust fumes for decades tend to have decreased cognitive performance in old age, according to a startling report by a team of German scientists."
"The closer the women lived to the highways, the higher was their exposure to particulate pollution and the more likely they were to show signs of mild memory and cognitive decline, the researchers wrote in a study published in the journal Environmental Research."
"This is the first study to find an association between cognitive impairment and long-term exposure to air pollution due to traffic. It is also one of a handful of recent studies to report a link between air pollution and brain function in people..."
Source: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yfvpfpa">http://tinyurl.com/yfvpfpa</a>;
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Title: "Traffic air pollution linked to dementia in elderly women"
Author: dpa
From CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking.